WIPO Lex - International Intellectual Property Law Database

Access to legal information on intellectual property (IP) from around the world

WIPO Lex

Access to legal information on intellectual property from around the world

The WIPO Lex Database is organized into three collections, consisting of intellectual property (IP) laws and regulations, WIPO-administered treaties and IP‑related treaties, and IP judgments.

WIPO Lex is a database of international IP Laws from 200 jurisdictions. The IP Law database is organized into three collections, consisting of IP laws and regulations of WIPO’s member states, WIPO-administered treaties and IP‑related treaties, and IP judgments.

WIPO Lex is a joint initiative of the Member States of WIPO and other IP stakeholders who continuously contribute to enriching the database.

Access laws

National and regional IP legislation

Access treaties

WIPO-administered and IP-related treaties

Access judgments

Leading judicial decisions of national and regional courts on IP

Browse by jurisdiction

List of members with IP laws and regulations/rules, IP treaties, and IP judgments
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Access International IP laws

Collection of IP laws, rules, and regulations of the member states of WIPO, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the United Nations (UN). Amongst accessible legal documents, gain access to copyright laws, patent laws, trademark laws and industrial design laws from a specific jurisdiction in the database.

Access WIPO treaties

WIPO administers 26 intellectual property treaties at the international level, amongst which you can find the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and Madrid Agreement, touching on a wide range of IP-related topics.

Access IP judgments

Leading IP judgments of national and regional courts establishing precedent or persuasive interpretations, curated by participating WIPO member states.

Browse IP laws by jurisdiction

List of members with IP laws and regulations/rules, IP treaties, and IP judgments

Resources

An online resource comprising the written records generated during the negotiations for the WIPO-administered treaties including the WIPO Convention

WIPO provides an index of the national court systems of eighteen WIPO member states’ that are responsible for judging IP Disputes. 

WIPO's work with judiciaries

The WIPO Judicial Institute works with judges to provide open access to IP legal knowledge via the WIPO Lex database.
 
 
An online resource comprising the written records generated during the negotiations for the WIPO-administered treaties including the WIPO Convention
Overview of civil, criminal and administrative court structures and competences for IP disputes

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Reference

IP legal texts and case law

Legal texts and case law

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